Why do these two packages have to look so similar? Anyway, hope rice in my coffee tastes good.
Jeff Kleinman
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Retro for sale in Seattle, circa 1962 for the world’s fair and sticking around for Space Needle visitors in 2026
Who do the World Cup announcers keep mentioning “hurricane?” And also Holland (isn’t it Norway?).
I enjoyed this essay from Miami Herald Editor Jeff Kleinman about some of the benefits of getting older. "It’s when we figure out why we are the way we are, and are comfortable with who we are."
Jeff Kleinman@jeffkleinman.bsky.social · 3mo agoWhat do you get from this milestone?
What do you get from this milestone?
What age?
I sometimes forget I’m no longer my younger self.
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South Florida has a date with traffic today. Inter Miami and Lionel Messi play at the new soccer stadium near the airport. The throngs are in Fort Lauderdale for the Tortuga concerts. President Trump is downtown for a fighting event at the arena. I think I’ll just hang in traffic-less South Beach.
Celebrated 305 Day a few days early with an Uber driver whose horn was broken and who watched some Inter Miami video on his phone while driving past the new stadium.
Celebrating the South Beach Food and Wine Festival with a dish of dirty rice and several squirts of barbecue sauce
A day after the Super Bowl. That mean the bar is showing luge.
Breaking news: It’s 11 a.m. in South Florida and we’ve already hit today’s high. It’s all downhill from here.
For the first time ever, the Times Square ball will drop twice, once on New Year's Eve and again on July Fourth for the nation's 250th birthday.
The Times Square ball will drop twice in 2026: Here's when and why
For the first time ever, the Times Square ball will drop twice, once on New Year's Eve and again on July Fourth for the nation's 250th birthday.
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When you send a text wishing Feliz Nochebuena and it auto-corrects to Felix Nosh A Bagel.
Today, I am heading to Sawgrass Mills mall’s 6 a.m. opening for #BlackFriday. What will I find there?
A colleague who made a small update on a news article today jokingly said I should stop the presses. I did just that 25 years ago. Here’s why: gatewayjr.org/throwback-to...
Business plan: My better half didn’t take my takeout food order. But she did take my sauce order. Because it’s all about the sauce.
Drop some rain on South Florida and what do you get?
I lost my credit card. I canceled and replaced. Then I found my credit card. I also found this.
The two-point conversion was sponsored by Dos Equis. Maybe Sara Lee should sponsor turnovers.
You may not recognize this Miami Beach. But it was my childhood. open.substack.com/pub/jeffklei...
A Miami Beach you may not know
I am a child of North Beach.
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Remembering my mom on the sixth anniversary of her death. We didn’t have a memorial candle, so we lit a room freshener candle instead. She would have liked that!
Kraft and Heinz are splitting up?! Does this mean I can no longer legally put ketchup on my mac and cheese?
For years, our family headed to the shore of Dumfoundling Bay, where we watched a multitude of July 4 fireworks in the distance along the Atlantic coast. Mom and Dad would stay upstairs to clean up from our indoor picnic. We would then rejoin them in their cool apartment for dessert and TV specials
